Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection

Time: Sat Oct 13, 2018, 12:00 pm -
5:00 pm

Location: O'Shaughnessy Galleries at the Snite Museum of Art

Drawing on the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, this exhibition celebrates Modern and contemporary artists of African descent, many of whom were historically overlooked by collectors, critics, scholars, galleries, and museums. A central theme is the power of abstract art as a profound political choice and as a declaration of freedom. These artists not only resisted racist imagery, but, also, pressure to create positive representations of black Americans.

Ranging across 70 years, Solidary & Solitary reveals a rich and complex history woven from the threads of artistic debates about how to embody blackness; social struggle and change; migrations and the international African diaspora.

The exhibition is free and open to everyone, running from 8/18/2018 through 12/15/2018.